Forest resource information system, phase 3

There are no author-identified significant results in this report

Advancing Science through Conversations: Bridging the Gap between Blogs and the Academy

Blogs have stormed the Internet, providing an interactive medium for rapid and wide-reaching information dispersal. But is there a place for blogs in academia

Conceptual Models on the Effectiveness of E-Marketing Strategies in Engaging Consumers

Effective marketing has always been an important factor in business success. Without the ability to identify customers and convince them to purchase the product or service being offered, businesses would not survive. Recent advancements in technology have given rise to new opportunities to engage customers through the use of electronic marketing (e-marketing). E- marketing draws from traditional marketing principles, while also expanding the types of strategies available to companies. Websites, social media, and online marketplaces are just some examples of how businesses are leveraging e-marketing approaches to connect with potential customers. In formulating sound e-marketing strategies, it is important for businesses to consider a number of factors, including methods for identifying and attracting the target market population, engaging customers, making the case to bring them to the point of sale, and tracking metrics that indicate which approaches are making the most significant financial and non-financial impacts on return of investment. As a relatively new branch in the marketing field, there is more to research and discover when it comes to effective e-marketing strategies. However, businesses that are willing to invest resources in these e-marketing strategies can build their customer base and increase return on their investment

Beyond excise taxes: a systematic review of literature on non-tax policy approaches to raising tobacco product prices

Raising the price of tobacco products is considered one of the most effective ways to reduce tobacco use. In addition to excise taxes, governments are exploring other policies to raise tobacco prices and minimise price dispersion, both within and across price tiers. We conducted a systematic review to determine how these policies are described, recommended and evaluated in the literature

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, Winter 1943

Current comment: In memoriam; Remember the loyalty fund • President\u27s page • The Navy program • 74th Academic year begun • Coach Stevens to enter Army • Messages to the alumni • Athletic program • Letters from the fronts • News about ourselves • Ursinus men and women in the armed forceshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/alumnijournal/1019/thumbnail.jp

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, Spring 1944

Editor\u27s page: Regrets and best wishes; Thank you for writing; Don\u27t forget to vote • President\u27s page • Our war correspondents • Resignation of Jing Johnson • Commencement • Opening of new term • Forums • Men\u27s sports • Messiah • Dr. Haines visits campus • Alumni news • Letters to the alumni • Women\u27s sports • Prominent alumni pass away: Dr. Stibitz; Congressman Ditter dies • Supply store • Men and women in the service • Navy needs officers • Library receives gifts • Alumni association nomineeshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/alumnijournal/1020/thumbnail.jp

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, Summer 1944

In memoriam • Education for peace • President\u27s page • Our war correspondents • Alumni secretary resigns • Mrs. Leighton K. Smith elected to fill vacancy • 74th annual commencement • Alumni Association reelects Jing Johnson • Local alumni groups meet • News about ourselves • New term opens • Forum speakers • Pre-med society meetings • Dr. Hart speaks at vespers • Annual May Day • Carter elected president local A.A.U.P. chapter • Post-war plans discussed • Men and women in the service • Report on the Loyalty Fundhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/alumnijournal/1021/thumbnail.jp

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, Winter 1944

In memoriam • President\u27s page • Our war correspondents • Directors meet • Library notes • Faculty and staff changes • Summer term ends • Third highest enrollment recorded • Sports revue • News about ourselves • Necrology • Men and women in the service • Sacred halls invaded by army of femmes • Letters to the alumnihttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/alumnijournal/1022/thumbnail.jp

Genome-wide screening for DNA variants associated with reading and language traits

This research was funded by: Max Planck Society, the University of St Andrews - Grant Number: 018696, US National Institutes of Health - Grant Number: P50 HD027802, Wellcome Trust - Grant Number: 090532/Z/09/Z, and Medical Research Council Hub Grant Grant Number: G0900747 91070Reading and language abilities are heritable traits that are likely to share some genetic influences with each other. To identify pleiotropic genetic variants affecting these traits, we first performed a genome‐wide association scan (GWAS) meta‐analysis using three richly characterized datasets comprising individuals with histories of reading or language problems, and their siblings. GWAS was performed in a total of 1862 participants using the first principal component computed from several quantitative measures of reading‐ and language‐related abilities, both before and after adjustment for performance IQ. We identified novel suggestive associations at the SNPs rs59197085 and rs5995177 (uncorrected P ≈ 10–7 for each SNP), located respectively at the CCDC136/FLNC and RBFOX2 genes. Each of these SNPs then showed evidence for effects across multiple reading and language traits in univariate association testing against the individual traits. FLNC encodes a structural protein involved in cytoskeleton remodelling, while RBFOX2 is an important regulator of alternative splicing in neurons. The CCDC136/FLNC locus showed association with a comparable reading/language measure in an independent sample of 6434 participants from the general population, although involving distinct alleles of the associated SNP. Our datasets will form an important part of on‐going international efforts to identify genes contributing to reading and language skills.Publisher PDFPeer reviewe

Selfish or altruistic? An analysis of alarm call function in wild capuchin monkeys, Cebus apella nigritus

Alarm calls facilitate some antipredatory benefits of group living but may endanger the caller by attracting the predator's attention. A number of hypotheses invoking kin selection and individual selection have been proposed to explain how such behaviour could evolve. This study tests eight hypotheses for alarm call evolution by examining the responses of tufted capuchin monkeys to models of felids, perched raptors and vipers. Specifically, this study examines: (1) differences between individuals in their propensity to call in response to different threat types, (2) whether there is an audience effect for alarm calling and (3) the response of conspecifics to alarms. Results indicate that the benefits likely to be afforded to the caller vary with stimulus type. Alarm calling in response to felids is most likely selfish, with calls apparently directed towards both the predator and potential conspecific mobbers. Alarm calling in response to vipers attracts additional mobbers as well, but also appears to be driven by kin selection in the case of males and parental care benefits in the case of females. Alarm responses to perched raptors are rare, but seem to be selfish, with callers benefiting by recruiting additional mobbers